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Seven from ĢƵ graduate from leadership institute

December 17, 2021

(Butler, PA) The institute, Dr. Ryan Kociela said, “provided insight into the very broad scope of effective leadership in community colleges.”

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“Unprecedented”: 2 ĢƵ volleyball players earn All-American status

December 9, 2021

(Butler, PA) Breanna Reisinger and Morgan Jack, players who helped to lead the ĢƵ volleyball squad to conference, regional and district titles and to a national championships appearance in Minnesota, are the first teammates...

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ĢƵ prof receives “one of the top awards you can get”

December 9, 2021

(Butler, PA) A former 22-year-old divorced mother who pursued an associate degree in physical therapist assistant to help patients “get back to doing what they liked” has been recognized for outstanding achievement in clinical practice, community...

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Amanda Fleming, college business services specialist at ĢƵ and a member of ĢƵ’s food security team, places turkeys into a freezer.

Community helps ĢƵ to create, distribute 40 meals for Thanksgiving

November 19, 2021

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ĢƵ volleyball team finishes sixth in national championships

November 16, 2021

(Rochester, Minn.) The ĢƵ volleyball team finished the 2021 season with the program’s 12th consecutive winning record and first national ranking since 2016, titles in its conference, region and district, and a sixth-place...

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Neupauer to become ĢƵ’s longest-serving president

November 12, 2021

(Butler, PA) Dr. Nick Neupauer next week will become the longest-serving president in the history of western Pennsylvania’s first community college.

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ĢƵ volleyball team wins opener in national championships

November 11, 2021

(Rochester, Minn.) Breanna Reisinger had 10 kills, including six in the third set, and Morgan Jack had 29 assists as the ĢƵ volleyball team swept Rockland Community College on Thursday afternoon in the first round of...

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ĢƵ’s College Within High School sets records in seat count, credits pursued

November 9, 2021

(Butler, PA) A ĢƵ dual-enrollment program this fall has set records in seat count and in ĢƵ credits pursued by high school sophomores through seniors across seven counties in western Pennsylvania.

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Judges “adamant” about awarding ĢƵ student’s poem

November 1, 2021

(Butler, PA) A poem written by a 19-year-old English major and student editor of ĢƵ’s annual art and literary magazine placed behind the works of only two published authors in the Writers Association of Northern Appalachia’s...

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‘We’re going to nationals’

October 31, 2021

(Butler, PA) The ĢƵ volleyball team will compete for a national title in Minnesota within two weeks.

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ĢƵ Lunch & Learns to focus on strategies for diversity, equity, inclusion

October 26, 2021

(Butler, PA) ĢƵ’s upcoming professional skills workshops focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion reflect requests from business representatives seeking strategies for their workplaces after attending ĢƵ’s initial...

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Fifth-ranked ĢƵ volleyball team wins 3rd Region 20 title in row

October 24, 2021

(Arnold, Md.) The unbeaten and fifth-ranked ĢƵ volleyball squad’s perfect season continued Saturday with a regional title in Arnold, Md., and a berth in a three-team district tournament whose top two squads will advance...

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Victor K. Phillips Nursing and Allied Health Building groundbreaking

ĢƵ breaks ground for ‘the Victor K.’

October 22, 2021

(Butler, PA) The hospital-like interior of the Victor K. Phillips Nursing and Allied Health Building, with its simulated medical-surgery and ICU rooms, will prepare students to “feel comfortable for when they get into a real situation,” Janice...

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Former police department leader now guides ĢƵ students

October 20, 2021

(Butler, PA) Brandon Marshall chose a seat in the first row in his second attempt at higher education, a revival of his dream to become a state trooper.

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Former D.C. VP begins executive role with ĢƵ

October 11, 2021

(Butler, PA) The former vice president of policy and federal relations for a Washington, D.C., nonprofit organization who worked with members of Congress and with the U.S. Department of Education to benefit federal student financial aid programs...

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ĢƵ’s Loughry claims WPCC men’s golf crown

October 3, 2021

(Apollo, PA) ĢƵ’s Troy Loughry on Saturday won the Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference individual men’s golf championship, the Pioneers claimed the WPCC team title and ĢƵ’s Bill Miller was named WPCC coach...

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ĢƵ breaks ground for relocated ĢƵ @ Armstrong facility

September 27, 2021

(Ford City, PA) They lifted a shovelful of soil near the deserted grounds of a razed century-old high school Friday to celebrate the rebirth of the Ford City property that with new life will again educate students and generate downtown commerce as...

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ĢƵ volleyball coach nets 400th victory as Pioneers sweep Penn State-Beaver

September 21, 2021

(Butler, PA) Rob Snyder won his 400th career game as coach of the ĢƵ volleyball team Monday night as the Pioneers swept Penn State-Beaver at ĢƵ’s Field House.

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Students socialize on ĢƵ’s main campus.

ĢƵ ranked No. 1 community college in Pennsylvania a sixth time since 2015

September 7, 2021

(Butler, PA) For the sixth time since 2015, ĢƵ has been selected as the No. 1 community college in Pennsylvania, most recently by a third organization joining others that determine rankings after assessing institutions...

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ĢƵ student Deni Mendler pouring liquid from a beaker into a plastic bottle.

ĢƵ’s new health care science program enrolls third-most students

August 8, 2021

(Butler, PA) A new ĢƵ associate degree program that prepares students for admission to selective two- and four-year programs in health care professions has become one of the college’s highest in enrollment.

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ĢƵ shipping and receiving building being razed.

ĢƵ begins to raze 2 buildings in preparation for high-tech, $9M facility

August 5, 2021

(Butler, PA) With repeated swipes of its five 6-inch steel teeth at the end of its outstretched 38-foot-long arm, an excavator Thursday morning began to shred the roofing and tear through walls of two buildings at ĢƵ...

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ĢƵ student-veterans and the president of Butler American Legion Riders Post 117.

Motorcyclists donate another $10K for ĢƵ student-veterans

August 5, 2021

(Butler, PA) A motorcycle group from an American Legion post in Butler County has contributed another $10,000 to its ĢƵ scholarship fund, one that without another penny since its endowment in 2018 would have continued...

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ĢƵ gets state approval to launch practical nursing program

August 3, 2021

(Butler, PA) The Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing has authorized ĢƵ to create a practical nursing program on ĢƵ’s main campus, an approval that will enable the college to prepare students for the high-priority occupation...

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ĢƵ student 1 of 10 in U.S. picked for new National Science Foundation-funded program

June 1, 2021

(Butler, PA) A ĢƵ president’s scholar attributes her selection to a National Science Foundation-funded residential research program in Virginia to a novel genetic sequencing project required in a freshman-level ĢƵ...

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Younger sister matches older sister’s golf feat at ĢƵ

May 25, 2021

(Butler, PA) ĢƵ golfer Sarah Fischer shot a second-round and career-best 95 on May 18 to win the women’s division of a spring season-ending invitational, and joined her older sister, Julia, as the only females to win...

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First-, second- and third-place winners in ĢƵ’s Stock Market Game in 2020-2021 are shown at the Western Region 2021 Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, on ĢƵ’s main campus. Front row, far right, Cindy Morgan, Stock Market Game project coordinator for ĢƵ’s Center for Economic Education; and David Huseman, director of ĢƵ’s Center for Economic Education and a ĢƵ professor of humanities and social science.

ĢƵ lauds top youngsters in college’s Stock Market Game

May 13, 2021

(Butler, PA) “Buy low. Sell high.” Timeless advice. From an 11-year-old.

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ĢƵ plans outdoor, walk-thru mini-ceremonies for Class of 2021 commencement

April 20, 2021

(Butler, PA) ĢƵ’s 53rd annual commencement May 19 will feature a series of outdoor, walk-thru mini-ceremonies for successive groups of graduates.

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ĢƵ selects 2-time All-American, volleyball star as 2021 hall inductees

April 20, 2021

(Butler, PA) ĢƵ’s only two-time All-American in golf and its all-time leader in volleyball assists will be recognized as 2021 inductees into ĢƵ’s Charles W. Dunaway Pioneer Hall of Fame.

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ĢƵ to award 11 new scholarships

April 7, 2021

(Butler, PA) The ĢƵ Education Foundation will award 11 new named scholarships to registered students for the 2021-2022 academic year.

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ĢƵ single mom could receive $17K in Soroptimist scholarships

April 6, 2021

(Butler, PA) A 31-year-old ĢƵ student’s essay about overcoming a past of physical abuse, of witnessing and blaming herself at 10 for her cousin’s accidental death, of a crash that left her partially paralyzed and...

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Mackenzie Dean, of Dayton, a student in ĢƵ’s Nursing, R.N., program, administers a COVID-19 vaccination

ĢƵ nursing students gain “once-in-a-lifetime” experience serving community during pandemic

March 8, 2021

(Butler, PA) Nearly a year after ĢƵ donated personal protective equipment to healthcare workers at the outset of a global pandemic, its registered nursing students are gaining “once-in-a-lifetime” experience – experience...

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Air Force veteran Samuel Alden, 60, of New Castle, holds a commendation he received for saving the life of an Army paratrooper

ĢƵ again designated Military Friendly School

March 4, 2021

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Butler High seniors can earn free college credits through new program with ĢƵ

February 23, 2021

(Butler, PA) Seniors at Butler Area Senior High School can earn free, transferrable college credits at ĢƵ through a Butler Area School District Early College Pioneers pilot program that begins this fall.

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2 ĢƵ students selected to All-PA Academic Team

February 17, 2021

(Butler, PA) A ĢƵ student who wants to teach children about the alphabet, shapes and colors, and another whose goal is to help adults manage mental health challenges will receive full tuition scholarships toward completing...

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ĢƵ effort to assist food-insecure students turns 2

February 10, 2021

(Butler, PA) A ĢƵ initiative to confront food insecurity this month marks its second anniversary, not from its original snack rack, not from its subsequent cramped room behind a kitchen, but from a spacious classroom...

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Health care consortium picks 2 ĢƵ nursing students for 2021 honor

January 28, 2021

(Butler, PA) A single mother of three who contemplated nursing studies for a decade, then decided to return to her alma mater and join her 19-year-old daughter in ĢƵ’s career program, and a ĢƵ scholarship recipient...

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Millie Pinkerton, of Butler, is shown Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, on ĢƵ’s main campus in Butler Township. Contributions to the Dale Pinkerton Leadership Scholarship, established with the ĢƵ Education Foundation in honor of her late husband, a former ĢƵ trustee, reached more than $60,000 in the year since his passing.

Gifts to ĢƵ’s Pinkerton scholarship hit $60K

January 19, 2021

(Butler, PA) It’s a Friday morning in mid-January, and Millie Pinkerton is shuffling through the day’s mail, the bills and the unsolicited promotions, and glances out the kitchen window through which she and her husband of 59 years would watch...

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Caitlyn Kaufman is shown prior to ĢƵ’s commencement in this Wednesday, May 16, 2018, file photo. Kaufman, a graduate of ĢƵ’s Nursing, R.N., program, was shot and killed Dec. 3 in Nashville, Tenn. A legacy scholarship established Dec. 17 to honor her memory has exceeded $13,000.

Scholarship in honor of slain ĢƵ grad tops $13K

January 7, 2021

(Butler, PA) A legacy scholarship established Dec. 17 to honor the memory of Caitlyn Kaufman has exceeded $13,000 in the weeks following the shooting death of the 26-year-old ĢƵ Nursing, R.N, graduate.

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ĢƵ receives $2.22M in public-private support for Ford City site

January 7, 2021

(Butler, PA) Armstrong County commissioners today approved a memorandum of understanding with ĢƵ that pledges $250,000 to ĢƵ toward the construction of an approximately 12,500-square-foot facility in Ford City to succeed...

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